By adding Andrew McCutchen and Evan Longoria, the aging Giants sold the farm for one more shot at October. Does a barren system doom a team to mediocrity for years to come? We crunch the numbers to find out.

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

A tough blow for Edgar Martinez in the Hall of Fame voting, as he was tracking above 75 percent in the public ballots revealed, but fell to just 70.4 percent in the overall tally (looks like he received just 106 votes out of 176 private ballots). He has one more year and the good news is every player in the last decade who got 68 percent of the vote was elected the next year.

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Marly Rivera ESPN Writer

Jerry Crasnick ESPN Senior Writer

Trevor Hoffman and Edgar Martinez both were on the borderline in public balloting, then went in opposite directions once the private ballots were added. Hoffman's total improved from 78.5 to 79.9 percent. Martinez's dipped from 77.2 to 70.4 percent. It was enough to elevate Hoffman to Cooperstown and ensure that Martinez will have to wait another year.

From the very first World Series to the Cubs' first title in more than a century, we look back through the lens of history to list the stories, teams, players and plays that made their mark on MLB forever.

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